[nuconvert]

The airlines may do a decent job when a plane goes down, but they've done a lousy job when it comes to leaving planeloads of people stranded on the tarmac for hours.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I’ve seen TV reports that each survivor will receive one million dollars, at minimum, much less the families of the fatalities.

[Ann Archy]

Plus American Express just sent out an advertisement for a cruise on the Costa CONCORDIA!!

[Recovering_Democrat]

I think Mickey Arinson, the owner of the NBA team Miami Heat, is one of the owners of the cruise line. Is he a big Democratic donor? Because for the life of me, I cannot help thinking if this cruise line were run by a Republican capitalist the media would be making hay of their personal responsibility...

[TalBlack]

“..it’s hard to imagine such a massive company blaming the disaster on a single person — even if he did abandon ship early and steer a little too close to shore.”

The captain and the captain alone is in command of that ship. At sea or underway If the owners say one thing and he another there is no contest. He has final responsibility so he ought to be damn careful what “suggestions” he accedes to.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

My son in law because very ill with blood clots in his leg and both lungs while on a Carnival cruise just a year ago.

Carnival gets very high marks for handling this life-threatening situation. The captain became very involved in decisions and it was apparent they had to get my son in law to a hospital ASAP. The captain changed the course of the cruise ship, even announced to the passengers what was happening and asked for prayer from passengers for my SIL and daughter.

Our family is very grateful to Carnival for their handling of our family's crisis.

[BfloGuy]

This writer obviously doesn’t realize that Costa is a very big, very old, and very respected shipping line in Europe. It has 9 or 10 more ships the size of Concordia. They are quite capable of handling the situation — bashing Carnival is sort of senseless.

[TexasFreeper2009]

30% off future cruises ?!?

lol

[NormsRevenge]

It’s Princess or Royal Caribbean for me.. can’t afford the Cunard or Crystal cruises. May try a Celebrity before I keel over. :-)

never sailed with Carnival. Ya get what ya pay for, if your lucky I reckun.

Some folks want an experience they can remember the rest of their life. Some just like to party or lay around like walruses in the sun, sip and feed and read and nod.

I wonder if the folks onboard were advised of the closeness of the pass to Giglio? On any cruise I’ve been on that I remember, they’d let ya know a thing like that.